Plymouth Tribune, Volume 1, Number 43, Plymouth, Marshall County, 24 July 1902 — Page 4

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Established October 10. 1901. HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers, relepnone No. 127. OFFICE In Btssell Block. Corner Center . ni Laporte Street. 4UVhKT13INO BATES will be made mown on application. Entered tbe Postoffice at Plymouth, Ind.. as second class natter. SUBSCRIPTION: One Year In Advance $1.50; Six Monthsl75 cents; Three Months 40 cents.dellvered at any postoffice. Plymouth, Ind., July 24, 1902. Mr. Bryan says there will be harmony in two groups in 1904. On all issues which the democracy may present, the republican party is prepared to make an aggressive fight. It is not ashamed of its record, either at home or in Cuba or the Philippines. The democrats of the SeventhNorth Carolina district yoted to indorse the Kansas City platform and then nominated for congress a man who voted for McKinley in 1696 and 1900. There is harmony for you. One result of the miners' convention quite apart from its effect on the strike is the decided indorsement and impulse it gave to the principle of observing contracts. This will be felt throughout the country, and even outside of labor unions. In keeping record on the financial standing of thousands and in publishing a useful mercan;.; paper, Mr. It. G. Dun. of the Dun's Mercantile Agency, who has just died, left a fortune of $4,693,029, which iows that it sometimes pays handsomj to attend to other people's affairs. The .New York Tribune S2,ys the demand for structural steel is so overwhelming and orders have been placed so far ahead that some of the new theaters in that city, which it had been expected would be opened in the autumn or the early winter, may not be finished before another season. This is but one of many signs of continued prosperity. Mr. John W. Gates, who has attracted much attention of late, declares that the railroads have made themselves poor by paying rebates in violatiou of the inter-state commerce law, the aggregate of such rebates, he adds, being sufficient to pay off the national debt. And the rebates have gone into the hands of a limited number of men who have been able therebv to control the meat trade and like combinations, j Since the purchase of Alaska in 1865 for $7,200,000, the government has derived over $9,000,000 in revenue from that country, and according to the best estimates the bureau of statistics can make, it has sent to the United States since that time about $150,000,000 worth of products. The transportation facilities of rhe territory are being rapidly developed and its agricultural and live stock possibilities are regarded promising. In a recent statement of views on the financial situation John W. Gates classed the United States steel trust among the factors favorable to labor. "I regard the formation of the United States Corporation," he said, "as the greatest factor for the, laboring man that has ever been brought about in America, as they employ 500,000 men, who are paid at least from 40 to 75 per cent, higher wages than foreign com petitors pay for tho same class of work." Whoever is injured by the trust it is not the workmen who are given steady employment at high wages. State Auditor Hart gives expression to a sentiment that commends itself greatly to the judgment of people who believe in political integrity: "The day of smooth citizenship has passed in the administration of public affairs. The tentative policy has been superseded by the positive. , No party can succeed in Indiana, or ought to suc ceed, that lowers the standard of busi ness administration, non-partisanship in institutional management, and does not unrelentingly protect the people by the enforcement of the statues." This doctrine cannot be too strongly impressed upon the popular mind. MaxinXuckee Assembly. There have been a number of note worthy attractions at the Maxin kuckee Assembly during the past week. Dr. John E- Pounds, of Cleveland, made an address on "The Grace of Giving," showing- that the systematic giver is the only one whose giving brings results. The address of Dr. W. E. Harlow, .of Springfield, Mo., on "Hypnotic Suggestion," illustrated by practical tests, gave much pleasure. x Dr. A, McLean, president of the American Missionary Society, also was one of the speakers of the week. The attendance is large and increasing, and the re?nt rains have imparted a freshness to the atmosphere that will opciate to still more increase the influx of guests.

ATTEMPTED MURDER

Miss Lizzie Davis Shot and Badly Wounded By a Stranger Monday Night. WAS A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY Had Intended the Bullets for a Former Sweetheart Who Had Jilted Him. About 9 o'clock Monday evening as Miss Lizzie Davis and her little brother, Eddie, were returning home from down town, and reached the corner at the residenoe of Emanuel Price near the Davis residence, a man stepped out from the shadow ot a tree aiid began shooting. Two of the balls passed through the cape of Miss Davis and as the third shot was fired the little boy caught the man by the arms. The third shot grazed the arm of the girl entered her side and seemingly followed a rib and is supposed to be lodged somewhere in the back, but it has not been definitely located. At this moment Mr. Price came out of his house and the man turned and walked away. In caring for the girl the man was lost sight of and made his escape. The man who did the shooting is supposed to be E. Baird, ot Bourbon, Ind. He had never seen Miss Davis and it is supposed that he mistook her for Miss Frederica Lane, who is employed at the residence of Mr. Price. Miss Lane is a quiet industrious girl girl who has been employed in this city two or three years and it is said is a distant relative of Baird who wanted to marry her. He was in town June 28, and stopped over night at the Ross House. He had been drinking and told the proprietor that Miss Lane had refused to marry him and intimated that he would kill her. He went to the residence of Mr. Price about 7:30 Monday evening and asked for Miss Lane. He was told that she had gone down town, and it is supposed that he waited in the shadow of the trees for her return, intending to kill her, and mistook Miss Davis for her. When Eddie Davis caught his hands and implored him not to shoot his sister he seemed to realize his mistake, turned away and fled east toward the river, whare all trace was lost by Officers Bondurant and Chaney. Baird is described as about 5 feet 7 inches high, weight about 150 pounds. Up to the hour of going to press he had not been apprehended but Sheriff Bondurant and Marshal Chancy are making every effort possi ble to find him. Much sympathy is expressed for Miss Davis. She is about 21 years old and had the care of the home at present, her mother having gone to Michigan to visit relatives. She was not acquainted with Baird and he could have had no motive for shooting her. Edwin Baird, who shot Miss Lizzie Davis, Monday evening, went from here to his home east of Bourbon, where he was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Constable Sherwood. Sheriff Bondurant was notified and he and Marshal Chaney went to Bourbon Tuesday night, brought the prisoner to Plymouth and placed him in jail. He was taken before Justice Molter at 10 o'clock yesterday, where he waived examination and was sent back to jail. He left his home Monday afternoon with the avowed intention of shooting: Miss Lane and then killing himself, but after shooting Miss Davis he made no attempt to kill himself. He threw his revolver away on his way home, perhaps because he was afraid he might accidentally shoot himself. It is reported that he expressed sorrow that he had shot Miss Davis instead of Miss Lane. He made no at tempt to resist arrest. He is said to be an industrious man, with only a moderate amount of brains when he is at his best, and as he has been drinking a great deal lately, the plea of insanity will probably be entered by his attorney. Found In a Swamp. Mrs. Jane Isham, aged eighty-one, who disappeared near Laporte several days ago, was found Monday in the big marsh near Springville, Laporte county, whither she had wandered, by a searching party of fifty men. The swamp is filled with water, but Mrs. Isham has sustained life by eat ing berries while she cried and prayed for assistance. It is feared the ex posure will cause her death. An Important Industry. In the order of stone production Pennsylvania ranks first. In one year it turns out stone of all kinds to the value of $10,772,188. Vermont is second in rank with $5,183,225. New York fourth, followed by Maine, In diana, Massachusetts and Illinois in the order named, each one of these states producing stone valued at over $2,000,000.

Kural Free Delivery. The order of the Postoffice Department regulating the construction, size and general use of the rural delivery mail box is liberal enough in its requirements to meet the wishes of all. Any one of fourteen styles of boxes will do. They may be square, oblong, circular, or semi-circular. All that is asked is that they shall be of strong workmanship and of good material. , But the department is a little more particular as regards some other points. The boxes must not be hung on a fence rail or tied to the limb of of a tree. . They must be placed by the roadside in such a manner that the carrier can have easy access to them without dismounting. The same box must not be used by more than one family, nor will the government overlook attempts to use the boxes for any other purpose tharr that of holding the mails. These boxes must not be used as depositories of peach stones and apple cores. The propensity of thoughtless young people who gather along the country roadsides to fill them with new-mown hay will be discouraged, and carriers are expected to report to their immediate superiors whenever they find the slots filled with pussywillows or johnny-jump-ups. It is believed also to be for the good

of the service that young people re turning from candy-pulls on winter nights shall not smear the padlocks with taffy. Persons refusing to comply with these conditions will be regarded as not deserving to participate in the benefits of the service; they will be deprived of their boxes, and for a per iod of one year or more after each infraction they will be compelled to go the postoffice for their weekly newspaper and get-rich-quick circulars. The farmer, on the other hand, who ties a vigilant dog near his mail box, first having introduced him properly to the carrier, or who watches over the depositing of his mail with a shot gun, and otherwise exhibits an interest in the welfare of the service, will be afforded all the postal facilities he may require, without Charge, and may confidently look for the prompt ar rival of bulletins from LaSalle street telling him exactly how to scalp the market successfully. Inter Ocean. New Democratic Reorganization. The latest plan for reorganizing the democratic party comes from the Bryan wing and is evidently intended to check the recent aggressivent -s of the gold democrats. The plan of the latter, as outlined at the Tilden Club banquet, was to jreorganize the party to the exclusion of Bryanism and populism. If Bryan and his personal followers and the populists desired to march in the democratic army they could do so, but it must be as fol lowers, not as leaders, and they must leave all their impediments of Bryan istic and populistic ideas be hind. The new plan is quite different. It proposes to reorganize the party on lines that will compel gold democrats to take back seats, and will still ex tend the glad hand to the populists. Indeed, populist leaders like former Senator, Pettigrew, of South Dakota, are to be charter members of the re organization party. The god-fathers of the proposed new party have had a conference in New York and issued a prospectus of their plan. The only concessions they make is that free sil ver shall not be an issue and Mr. Bryan will not be a candidate again for president, at least not in 1904, but he must have a great deal to say about the platforms, the issues and the management of the party. This means that the fight against Grover Cleveland and his followers is to be kept up. Peaceful Adjustment. Strikes are sometimes necessary to compel a recognition of grievances but they should never be resorted to except when employers absolutely re use to compromise or treat with em ployes, says the Elkhart Truth. The result of the recent Chicago railroad strike is proof of the logic of this as sertion. Nothing was gained by the strike and if the freight handlers sue ceed in being restored to their former positions they may consider them selves lucky. Compulsory arbitration is the only available remedy for labor grievances Many labo- leaders oppose this meth od of adjusting labor troubles, but it is fully as sensible and practicable as the settlement of other differences in courts of law. When the two sides of a labor trouble cannot agree their dlf ferencesof opinion should be taken into a regularly constituted tribunal where the cause can be heard and j verdict rendered which shall be final The proper ending of a labor trouble is more essential to public welfare than the settlement in court of prop erty disputes. The one frequently in volves the prosperity "of a community wnne the other is simply a question of individuals. When organized labor exerts its influence toward the perma nent establishment of courts for the adjustment of labor troubles we shal begin to see the end of labor conflicts. Laporte Herald. Tell your neigh oors about the good j qualities or the Tribune.

Facts and Figures About Corn. A recent issue of the New York

Times contained interesting facts regarding the export of corn and the prices showing that the price influences he volume of export. In 1890 the ex port reached 103,418,709 bushels, or 2.85 per cent, of a large crop, at 42 cents a bushel the price in New York, The next year the export was only 32,441,529 bushels, or 2.15 per cent, of a light crop, at 57 cents a bushel. The export did not reach nine figures again until 1896, when it was 191,100,375 bushels, and the price was 38 cents. The next year the export was 178,817,417 bushels at 31 cents; The export in 1898 rose to to 212.055,543 bushels, the price being 36 cents. The largest export was in 1900213,123,412 bushels, or 10 per cen of the entire crop, the price being 41 cents. The export for the fiscal year whrch ended with June was only 27,000,000 bushels at 01 cents. It is interesting to note the ups and downs in the price of corn. In 1897 the price in New York was 31 cents, while dur ing the last fiscal year the price was 61 cents. Certain to have wide flucuations, the wonder is that larger quan tities are not stored during years of low prices to sell in high-priced sea sons at double the monev. Some Railroad Figures. Free traders insist on calling our great railroad business one of our nonprotected industries, and yet there is no single industry in the country so dependent on the tariff for profitable business. This is clearly seen in the record during the last fiye years under the Dingley law as compared with the figures under the free trade Wil son-Gorman law. Then a large pro portion of the roads of the country were in the hands of receivers; now only about 1 per cent of the roads of the country are in receivers' hands. Then the railroad business of the country was, to say the least, in pretty bad shape; now the business is limited only by facilities to handle the freight offered. We have just passed the 200,000 mark in railroad mileage. This means total mileage of railroad sys tems. Of total track we have about 2SO,000 miles. This represents a capital of $12,000,000,000,with annual earnings of $1,500,000,000. A total of 600,000,000 passengers are carried annually and over 1,100,000,000 tons of freight. More than 1,000,000 men are employed, with annual wages exceeding $600,000,000. A Difference ot Opinion. There seems to be a wide difference of opinion between the temperance and liquor people regarding the ef ficacy of the Nicholson law but inas much as all the recent supreme court decisions have all been favorable to the temperance people's cause it would seem that it should be a satisfactory law to all except those who want ex treme legislation. The editor of the Middlebury Independent complains that it puts all the burden on the temperance people and when fully en forced is little better than no law at all. On the other naud, J. F Callen, editor of Our Standard, a liquor deal ers' paper, says he wouldn't start a saloon in the residence district it a li cense was presented him, so far reach ing does he think the power-of-attor-ney in remonstrances against saloons will be. "The power-of-attorney ap proved by the supreme court, " he says "will reduce the number of saloons in Indiana one-half. The power-of-at-tarney decision amounts to local opt ion, which a former supreme court held unconstitutional." Meat for Children. One of the most unfortunate evil consequences of an early and liberal meat diet, says Dr. Winters, is the loss of relish it creates for the physiological foods of childhood milk, cereals and vegetables. "A child that is allowed a generous meat diet," he add., is certain to refuse cereals and vegetables. Meat, by its stimu lating effect, produces a habit as sure ly as does alcohol, tea or coffee, and a distaste for less satisfying foods. The foods which the meat-eating child eschews contain in large proportions certain mineral constituents which are essential to bodily nutrition and health, and without which the processes of fresh growth and develop ment are stunted. There is more so called nervousness, anaemia, rheumatism, valvular disease of the heart and chorea at the present time in children from an excess of meat and its preparations in the diet than from all other causes combined," he declares. Tracey, the Oregon Outlaw. Harry Tracey and David Merrill escaped from the Oregon Penitentiary on June 9, by killing three guards and wounding a prisoner. After numerous encounters with citizens, militiamen, sheriffs and deputies,' they crossed the state into Washington on June 28. Tracey killed Merrill in the forest near Napovine, Wash. Since then he has eluded the vigilance of his pursuers, sometimes shooting his way to freedom and at other times tricking them with all the craftiness of a hunted stag. He is credited with having killed fourteen men.

SCHEDULED TOO SLOW

The Pennsylvania Special Can Easily Beat Its Regular Time. In a recent interview General Pas senger Agent E. A. Ford, of the Pennsylvania lines, predicted the establishment of 18-hour trains between Chicago and New York. When the time between those points was re duced to 24 hours several years ago, it established a speed record which at tracted considerable attention. A further reduction of the time to 20 hours when The Pennsylvania Special was placed in service about a month ago inaugurated a new era in rapid transit, and the experience in handling the 20-hour trains during the past thirty days has demonstrated that 18-hour trains between Chicago and New York are not only a possibil ity, but that the time can be cut to 16 hours on the Pennsylvania lines, if necessary. This will betaking onethird off the 24-hour run considered remarkable only a few years ago. Mr. Ford's prediction was no doubt based on his knowledge of the time The Pennsylvania Special can easily make when required to cover delays and keep within its schedule. A few days ago this train made a run from Alliance to Pittsburgh, eighty-three and two-tenths miles, in exactly one hour and thirty minutes, an average of fifty-five and three-tenth miles per hour for the entire distance. It was 8:52 p. m., when Conductor E. W. Davis signaled Engineman W. McBride to go ahead at Alliance, ne opened the throttle on class EZ engine No. 2 at that time, and after the train had run seven miles it struck a 72-miles an hour gait. This speed was attained near Garfield notwith standing a stiff up-grade was encount ered before reaching that point. After going around sharp curves east of Salem and up another steep grade near Leetonia the Pennsylvania Special moved along at the late of 81 miles an hour, making that time near New Waterford. At Enon the pace was 75 miles an hour; near New Galilee on an up-grade the wheels were grinding out 63 miles an hour. Near Hcmewood they spun along at a 66mile an hour gait. After observing slow orders at that point and Kenwood and several other points the train was rushing along at 66 miles an hour at Baden, which was increased to 69 miles an hour at Leetsdale. Bef fore Allegheny was reached it was making 78 miles an hour, but upon nearing the yards and the outer depot it slowed down, and rolled into Pittsburgh Union Station at 10:22 p. m., just one hour and a half after leaving Alliance, during which the train made up twenty-four minutes on its scheduled time, covering the distance at an average speed of fifty-five and three-tenth miles per hour. At that speed the run from Chicago to New York can be made in about 16 hours. The fact that during the run from Alliance to Pittsburg the train encountered a numoer of up-grades and slow orders, conditions which would offset any obstacles on other portions of the route, indicates that the Pennsylvania can put on something better than 18-hour trains between Chicago and New York, and keep within the schedule without any particular preparation or effort. It is a common thing for The Pennsylvania Special to glide along at an average speed of a mile a minute. Praying for a Saloon Keeper. A number of women in Des Moines, la., have decided to devote a year of prayer to the moral and spiritual condition of a leading saloon keeper of that city, the proprietor of a dozen drinking resorts. No one can predict what the effect may be in the course of the year, but the latest advices indicate that the immediate result is not exactly whit the devoted women were looking for. The advertising which the saloon keeper thus far has gained has been so widespread that it issaidtohave increased his business manyfold. In fact, the increase has been so marked that it has seriously affected the property of other liquor dealers in this vicinity, and they are circulating the report that the saloon keeper is the real author and inspirer of the scheme to convert him. Meanwhile, here is a problem. If the saloon keeper, as a result of the advertisement, makes so much money that he is able to retire from the liquor business by the end of the year, can this be considered a legitimate proof of the efficacy of prayer. A new movement was started at Winona Monday which, it is expected, will rival the great Bible conference in rapidity of growth and importance. It is a summer training school for Sunday-school workers. This year the werk consists of a four weeks' course of instruction, and next year it is proposed to follow this course with a national conference for Sunday-school workers, which will follow along the same lines as the Bible Conference, which is primarily for tin benefit of ministers. You will be delighted if you use Mrs. Austin's Quick Lunch Tapioca. Ready in a minute. No soaking reNquired.

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MARRIED Hisev Hutchinson Saturday, July 19, 1902, at 4 o'clock p. m. Charles C. Ilisey and Miss Eva M. Hutchinson were united in marriage at the residence of the bride's parents on South Michigan street by Rev. R. G. Upson. They left on the 5:15 p. m. L. E. & W. train for Rochester and will make thei r home in Fulton county. Leitcnstorfcr-Stcin. Mr. Henry Leitenstorfer, of Chicago and Miss Elizabeth Stein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stein, of this city, were married at the Catholic church on Thursday morning. July 17, 1902, by Rev. S. M. Yenn. The bride is a young lady who grew to womanhood in this city and is well known as a lady of no ordinary ability. Mr. Leitenstorfer is a young business man of Chicago and the happy couple will make their home in that city. They left on the noon train for Niagara Falls. Province of a Newspaper. The neighbors of a man in town report that he severely horsewhipped his young son, one day this week, for telling a lie, but none of the aforesaid neighbors have the nerve to have the irate parent arrested for what they charge was cruelty. People exoect the newspapers to open court, be judge and jury, impose fines, sentence people to state prison, or hang them, as the case may be. Papers are for the express purpose of furnishing the news. If they do anything outside of that, it rests entirely on their own volition. They should not be supposed, or expected, .to regulate the earth. Even news has its limitations. Laporte Herald. Why They Need Wu. We can understand that the Chinese minister is wanted at home. That unfortunate country needs enlightened

J. f. Hartle's Gash Shoe Store Thoyei Bldg-lll Michigan St. p OUTFITTERS ol ol ol ol ol ol ol ol ol o) ol ol O intelligence more than any country in the whole round world. When Mr. Wu gets back to his native land, he can tell in one day more about Christian civilization, about liberal institutions, about modern energy and develooment, than the Chinese court can assimilat3 in six months or a year. If the Emperor will only leave It to him, China ican formulate a foreign policy that,will at once command the respect of the outside world. Mr. Wu is the ideal statesmen. He possesses the qualifications for that career. He is intelligent beyond comparison, and he has that gift of humor which amplifies information and plays upon conviction as though it were an instrument. We trust that Mr. Wu will receive at home the rewards he has so richly earned. Washington Post. The Lightning's Freak, Lightning cut a queer caper recently on the farm where Albert Peed lives. The bolt struck a wire fence for some distance jumped oil and hit a stump. In the ground where it struck, Mr. Peed found a large compact chunk of metal which glistened in the sun like like ore. Some of the wire was gone from the fence, and it was discovered that the chunk of metal was the missing wire which had been melted anil forged into this shape by the lightning and deposited in the ground near the stump. Mr. Peed brought a chunk of the metal to town and it is now in the possession of Charlie Granger. Walkerton Independent.A Halt Century College. Hillsdale College is entering ' upon its fiftieth year at nillsdale, Mich., and the trustees have taken steps tc celebrate on 4th July, 1903, the semicentennial anniversary of the laying of the corner stone, Dr. Edmund E. Fairfield, the president of the college fifty years ago and the orator at tie laying of the corner stone, still survives and is expected to participate in Oe festivities.

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